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OPENCRYPTOKI(7) openCryptoki OPENCRYPTOKI(7)
NAME
openCryptoki - A PKCS#11 implementation.
DESCRIPTIONopenCryptoki is an implementation of the PKCS#11 API standard. It pro-
vides an interface to the functions of underlying cryptographic tokens,
which may be implemented via software or hardware. The PKCS#11 specifi-
cation has been released by RSA Labs. More information on PKCS#11 can
be found on the RSA labs website: http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs.
To use openCryptoki, run the pkcsslotd daemon. The daemon will read the
opencryptoki.conf file to collect information about the tokens and
their slots.
Use the pkcsconf utility to further configure openCryptoki once the
daemon is running.
SECURITY NOTE
All non-root users that require access to PKCS#11 tokens using open-
Cryptoki must be assigned to the pkcs11 group to be able to communicate
with the pkcsslotd daemon. Only fully trusted users should be granted
membership in the group. Group members can block other openCryptoki
users from accessing PKCS#11 tokens, and execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of other openCryptoki users.
SEE ALSOpkcsslotd(8),
pkcsconf(1),
opencryptoki.conf(5).
3.6 May 2007 OPENCRYPTOKI(7)